Astronomy Sites

Astronomy for Kids The solar system, planets, sun, stars, asteroids, and galaxies are all available in this site.

Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

The Aurora Page What is the "aurora"? What causes it to happen? Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights".

Basic Facts about Space Weather

Bradford Robotic Telescope Observatory Site Anyone on the Internet can access this telescope and ask it to look at anything in the northern night sky. The Web doesn't get more hands-on than this.

Center for Mars Exploration This site gives historical references to Mars, previous Mars mission information, tools to analyze Mars, current Mars news, and much more.

The Constellations and their Stars Need information on stars, constellations, or the Milky Way? The first thing you need to know is that constellations are not real!

Earth and Moon Viewer "Presents an earth map -- which shows where it is day, or night, right now. You can view either a map of the Earth with the day and night regions at this moment. You can also view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon or from a satellite in orbit around the earth."

How Much Do You Weigh on Another Planet?

Hubble Space Telescope's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 The pictures of celestial objects taken from the Hubble evoke a sense of awe and wonder about our universe. Like a traveler sharing their best snapshots, this site presents a selection of Hubble's most spectacular images.

Messier Catalog This site presents images of the brightest and most beautiful diffuse objects in the sky, including nebulae, galaxies and star clusters.

Moon Information and photographs about the moon.

National Air and Space Museum Here, in virtual space, are the objects that made the dream of flight a reality. Each is a reminder of a noteworthy achievement and evokes the spirit of its own particular time.

The Nine Planets This site is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.

PlanetFinder This month the individual charts show the planets position at transit, the highest point in the sky. Also included on the chart is a data window showing additional information about the planet, such as rise time, transit time, set time, coordinates and magnitude. The position of the planet is updated daily.

Pluto Pluto, the smallest planet, has remained enigmatic since its discovery by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Pluto is the only planet in our Solar System not yet viewed close-up by spacecraft. Given its great distance and tiny size, study of the planet continues to challenge and extend the skills of planetary astronomers.

SETI Institute This site serves as a home for scientific research in the general field of life in the universe with an emphasis on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

StarChild Explore the universe at this colorful site maintained by NASA.

Star Journey Travel among the stars, using the Hubble Space Telescope images and the work of National Geographic.

The Sun This site contains a long list of questions about the sun with links to the answers.

Universe and Space

Views of the Solar System This site presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos.

Windows to the Universe A site about earth and space science. Includes a very lovely section on mythology.

Astronomy sites from Yahooligans This is the list you will get if you search Yahooligans using the keyword "astronomy".

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